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Thanks to the participation of KRC members and residents, KRC's civic engagement and youth organizing programs have grown quickly, and we are moving our office from Buena Park to Fullerton. (620 N Harbor St, Fullerton 92832)
The Korean Resource Center is marking the People’s Uprising in the city of Gwangju, a seminal moment in the democracy movement in Korea, with a community conversation. Join us as we reflect, share, and strategize about what it will take to build grassroots leadership, remained rooted in our communities, and make change happen. Friday, May 18th, 2018 6pm – Dinner / 6:30pm – Program
May 1st is an extremely busy day! Not only is it #MayDay, also known as International Workers' Day, but today is the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Let's take a moment celebrate our rich cultures, traditions, hxstories, and all the amazing work we do to break barriers in this country.
This week the nation's attention was focused on the nefarious ways technology is deployed, as Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress about how his company has violated the privacy of its customers and allowed the vast amount of data it collects from them to be used for ethically and legally questionable political propaganda efforts.
But technology also has tremendous potential to serve as a tool for political liberation, says Alice Aguilar. As a woman of color in the white male-dominated tech industry, Aguilar knows firsthand what it is like to face discrimination. In her position as executive director of the Texas-based Progressive Technology Project, she works alongside communities of color to find ways to use technology as a tool to build power.
On Monday April 16, Los Alamitos Community United (LACU) and a broad coalition of faith, immigrant, civil rights, and youth groups united to promote California values and celebrate diversity in the face unconstitutional and hateful attacks from Trump-inspired hate groups. Although the Los Alamitos City Council voted 4-1 on an ordinance seeking to exempt the city from state law that limits local and state resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement, yesterday's rally was about youth, community, and how we countered the hate and xenophobia of a few with the love and energy over 100 community members from Orange County.
On Thursday, April 5th, at a luncheon in Echo Park, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) honored a group of inspiring women from communities in the 28th Congressional District. Rep. Schiff issued the following statement regarding awardee Kiljoo Lee Kurumada, a founding board member of KRC: "I rise today in honor of Women’s History Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and sacrifices made by our nation’s women. It is an honor to pay homage to outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Kiljoo Lee Kurumada of La Crescenta, California."
Around the new year, new staff Erica Hwang as our Orange County Immigrant Rights Parents Organizer, Pam Cho Housing Coordinator, Alice Lee and Christine Park Immigrant Rights Campaign Coordinators, and Tracy La as our Vietnamese Organizing & Civic Engagement Project (VOCEP) Coordinator. We also have three new volunteers at Crenshaw. We would like to welcome all!
FULLERTON, CA - On the night of April 3rd, 2018, Mayor Pro Tem Greg Sebourn and Council Member Jennifer Fitzgerald requested the City of Fullerton consider supporting the Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuit against the State of California regarding the California Values Act (SB 54), also known as the 'sanctuary state' bill, alongside the City of Alamitos, the Orange County Board of Supervisors, and others. The Korean Resource Center (KRC) and partners made a call to action for Fullerton residents and allies to attend the City Council meeting to let the City Council Members know that immigrant communities will rise together against their acts of discrimination, and won.
Please contact Jung Woo Kim (jungwoo+scholarship [at] krcla.org) for any questions.
In the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s cruel xenophobia, Orange County Immigrant Youth United, Resilience Orange County, Korean Resource Center, and Chispa partnered for a local “Coming out of the Shadows” effort on Friday. We convened at Sasscer Park (aka Black Panther Park) and were joined by community members that stand with immigrant rights and all its intersections. From there, we marched up Calle Cuatro chanting and calling more community members to join us.